Situation:

            As global human population races towards nine billion inhabitants, determining carrying capacity of the world is tantamount.  As the population approaches that size, quality of life may cease to be an issue even for developed nations.  Sustaining life at minimal levels has yet to be achieved today for much of the world’s population.  Where are the hungry?  Where are the malnourished, the under, and over nourished?  How do people acquire food?  Does farming method affect the quality of the food?  Are farming methods currently used adequate to feed nine billion people?  Are farming methods currently used in either developed or developing countries sustainable?  What is more precious, water or soil, to the process of producing food to feed, literally, the world?  The United Nations has turned to AP Environmental Scientists to identify the scope of the problem and suggest possible solutions.  Although these scientists are not super heroes painted in comic book colors and limitless powers, they do have the capability of proposing real solutions to a real problem. 

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